By Sheryl Oh
The Nazi-hunting thriller adds a wonderful ingenue to its cast.
Haley Lu Richardson was one of the best things about the film world in 2016. She burst onto the scene with The Edge of Seventeen and M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and is continuing on a trajectory to stardom. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Richardson is joining Oscar Isaac in the World War II thriller, Operation Finale.
Isaac will star as Nazi-hunter, Peter Malkin, opposite Ben Kingsley‘s antagonist, Adolf Eichmann — one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. After World War II, Eichmann fled to Argentina, where he remained in hiding until Malkin tracked him down. Richardson will play Eichmann’s son’s girlfriend, Sylvia Herman. Sylvia is characterized as a loving but conflicted love interest who eventually has a hand in bringing the Eichmann family to reckoning. The film will be penned by Matthew Orton and is said to be in the vein of other political thrillers such as Argo.
Operation Finale seems primed to tap into qualities Richardson has mastered in her budding film career. Her experience on a Shyamalan film facing off a myriad of James McAvoys will undoubtedly serve her well in something as emotionally demanding as a war thriller. She has also played a phenomenal best friend character, providing balance and kindness to a more volatile Hailee Steinfeld in The Edge of Seventeen.
Most recently, Richardson can be seen in a lead role opposite John Cho in indie festival darling Columbus. She delivers a more sobering performance as an aspiring architect bogged down by the responsibility of caring for her mother, who is a recovering addict. Together, Cho and Richardson dissect architectural feats in Columbus, Indiana while figuring out where they wish their lives to go.
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